Tunteisiin vetoava klassikko kulkurista, joka ottaa huostaansa kodittoman pikkupojan.
Dong-hyun is a high school student. One day, he falls from the rooftop and bumps into Pan-soo who is a passerby. Pan-soo is a member of a criminal organization. When the two men wake up in the hospital, they discover that they have switched bodies.
The Laurel & Hardy Moving Co. have a challenging job on their hands (and backs): hauling a player piano up a monumental flight of stairs to Prof. von Schwarzenhoffen's house. Their task is complicated by a sassy nursemaid and, unbeknownst to them, the impatient Prof. von Schwarzenhoffen himself. But the biggest problem is the force of gravity, which repeatedly pulls the piano back down to the bottom of the stairs.
The story of the rape of Nanking, one of the most tragic events in history. In 1937, the invading Japanese army murdered over 200,000 and raped tens of thousands of Chinese. In the midst of this horror, a small group of Western expatriates banded together to save 250,000. Nanking shows the tremendous impact individuals can make on the course of history.
Don Diego Vega pretends to be an indolent fop as a cover for his true identity, the masked avenger Zorro. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.
SNL alumnus and subversive master of late-night Seth Meyers comes out from behind the desk to share some lighthearted stories from his own life.
The daring convict no. 23, known as The Eel, escapes from prison and, after mocking his inept persecutors, saves the lives of three people in peril: a beautiful girl, her mother and an annoying suitor, only to get exhausted and almost drowned. Once he regains his strength at Judge Brown's home, he participates on an upper-class social party where he competes with the suitor for the favors of the charming Miss Brown. But prison guards are still after him…
Riemukas dokumentti isyydestä kuvaa nykypäivän isiä ympäri maailmaa aina tunnetuista koomikoista tavallisiin tallaajiin. Miehet kertovat suorapuheisesti isyyden huippuhetkistä, vastoinkäymisistä sekä tahattomasta komiikasta.
Ikuinen klovni, Charlie Chaplin uskoi ongelmien ratkeavan parhaiten pilkanteon kautta. Diktaattorissa kohteena oli fasismi, ja elokuvassa Kuningas New Yorkissa (1957) satiirin nuolet osuivat 1950-luvun yhteiskunnan epäkohtiin. Elokuva kertoo syrjäytetystä kuninkaasta, joka saapuu New Yorkiin ja huomaa pääministerinsä kavaltaneen omaisuutensa. Hotellilaskun kertyessä kuningas suostutellaan televisiomainoksiin. Kuningas tapaa myös pikkuvanhan pojan, jota viranomaiset ahdistelevat vaatien tätä pettämään vanhempansa. Kuningas turhautuu itseään nakertavaan yhteiskuntaan, jossa helppoheikit ja ilveilijät käärivät rahat, ja lähtee pois maasta. Ennen lähtöään kuningas kuitenkin antaa pojalle toivon paremmasta tulevaisuudesta.
The Tramp is an escaped convict who is mistaken as a pastor in a small town church.
Woody Allenin taitavasti rakennettu jazz-ajan ylistyslaulu kertoo lahjakkaasta mutta sosiaalisesti kyvyttömästä kitaristista, jonka kohtalona on olla toiseksi paras. Miehen elämässä kaikki muu paitsi musiikki on omituista sotkua. Rakkauselämästä ei voi puhuakaan ennen kuin mykkä pesulatyttö iskee silmänsä outoon jazz-mieheen.
An American doughboy, stationed in France during the Great War, goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines and becomes a hero.
The Little Fellow finds the girl of his dreams and work on a family farm. He helps defend the farm against criminals, and all seems well, until he discovers the girl of his dreams already has someone in her life. Unwilling to be a problem in their lives, he takes to the road, though he is seen skipping and swinging his cane as if happy to be back on the road where he knows he belongs.
In 15th century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.
The naive and self-conscious Leah mistakenly signs a pact with the devil Abargadon. But she's on Heaven's hit list, so the Archangel Gabriel intervenes to bring about the demon's demise. But Leah begins to find Abargadon attractive and not so bad. She decides to save his soul.
A misogynist and shabby farmer, brother of other three goofy hillbillies leaves to the big city searching for a wife and wins the heart of a hot tempered woman.
A man and a woman talk beside a street near a corner where a cop stands. Just as a horse-drawn cart rounds the corner, the man backs off the sidewalk saying good-by to his companion. The horse and cart flatten him and continue on, out of the camera's stationary range. The cop runs after the cab, the woman dashes to the body. The cop brings back the driver; is the victim dead?
After escaping from an insane asylum, a medical student assumes the identity of a mysterious dead man, who appears to be his doppelganger, and gets lured to a sinister island ruled by a mad scientist and his malformed men.
A samurai purchases a new sword only to find it is already dull. When he returns to the dull looking merchant to complain, something quite unexpected happens.
Eulália, a conservative Portuguese mother, found out that her son who emigrated to Germany has become Fostter Riviera, the internationally awarded first Portuguese gay porn actor. She suffers with the distance, sometimes toned down through the computer that has become her main source of information and communication with her son. This documentary focuses on the long journey of this mother towards acceptance and endeavour to get closer to her son.